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| Yankees head out west to battle Mariners |
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09/05/2008 |
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| Yankees take their fleeting postseason hopes to Seattle, where they will start a three-game series with the lowly Mariners at Safeco Field. New York comes into tonight's matchup 11 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East and 7 1/2 behind the Boston Red Sox for the wild card, severely putting its chances at a 14th straight playoff appearance in jeopardy. The Yankees, though, managed to take two of three this week from the Rays, but were denied a sweep on Thursday, falling 9-5 in the finale at Tropicana |
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| Closing in on AL West title, Angels take on White Sox |
MLB Baseball |
09/05/2008 |
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| who have won just two of their last six. Javier Vazquez (11-12) worked six innings and gave up two runs on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts. Chicago will hand the ball to lefty Mark Buehrle, who is 11-11 with a 4.12 ERA. Buehrle lost to the Boston Red Sox on Saturday, as he was hammered for seven runs and 11 hits in 4 2/3 innings. Buehrle lost to the Angels the last time he faced them and is a miserable 1-5 lifetime against them with a 4.76 ERA in 16 games, all but one of which have been starts. The |
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| BoSox rally late to edge O's |
MLB Baseball |
09/04/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Alex Cora scored the game-winning run in the ninth to help the Boston Red Sox to a 5-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles to complete a three-game sweep at Fenway Park. In the ninth, Cora led off with a single and Coco Crisp then reached first with a bunt that just stayed fair along the right line. Jacoby Ellsbury then laid down a bunt and pitcher Jim Miller (0-1) opted to go to third, but threw the ball well wide of the bag and Cora came home for the win. "We won a game that was lo |
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| Dice-K leads BoSox in finale vs. Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
09/03/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Daisuke Matsuzaka aims to keep a personal winning streak intact when the standout hurler takes the mound this afternoon for the Boston Red Sox, who go for a three-game sweep of the fading Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park. Matsuzaka has ripped off five consecutive winning decisions to run his season record to an impressive 16-2, and the Japanese sensation has allowed two runs or less in each of those victories. The right-hander has posted an excellent 2.25 earned run average over that six-s |
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| O's scratch Guthrie from Wednesday start |
MLB Baseball |
09/02/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - The Baltimore Orioles scratched Jeremy Guthrie from his scheduled start against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. Lance Cormier will start in place of Guthrie, who is 10-11 with a 3.57 earned run average in 29 starts this season. Guthrie is suffering from a "dead arm." |
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| Youkilis scratched with back spasms |
MLB Baseball |
09/02/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (MySportsbook) - Boston Red Sox All-Star first baseman Kevin Youkilis was scratched from the team's lineup before Tuesday's game against Baltimore with back spasms. Youkilis, who is hitting .315 with 24 home runs and 94 runs batted in, was replaced in the lineup by Jeff Bailey. |
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| O's try to solve road woes in Boston |
MLB Baseball |
09/02/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Trying to beat the Boston Red Sox on the road has been enough of a challenge for the Baltimore Orioles over the years. Having to do it against Jon Lester has usually made it even tougher on the young club. Lester will attempt to keep his undefeated record against the Orioles intact when he takes the mound for the Red Sox in tonight's second test of a three- game series between the American League East teams at Fenway Park. In seven career starts versus Baltimore, Lester is 5-0 with a 2.93 |
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| Tigers, Yankees square off in Motown |
MLB Baseball |
09/01/2008 |
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| figured to be entering September as prime playoff contenders in the AL, but neither is in good position to reach the postseason right now. The Yankees, who have played into October every year since 1995, currently stand seven games behind the rival Boston Red Sox for the top spot in the league's wild-card race. The Tigers, considered the preseason favorite to win the AL Central, are 11 games behind first-place Chicago at the moment. New York didn't help its cause by dropping four of six tests during a recent |
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| Tigers, Yankees open series in Motown |
MLB Baseball |
09/01/2008 |
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| figured to be entering September as prime playoff contenders in the AL, but neither is in good position to reach the postseason right now. The Yankees, who have played into October every year since 1995, currently stand seven games behind the rival Boston Red Sox for the top spot in the league's wild-card race. The Tigers, considered the preseason favorite to win the AL Central, are 11 games behind first-place Chicago at the moment. New York didn't help its cause by dropping four of six tests during a recent |
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| Wild Card-leading Red Sox open set vs. Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
09/01/2008 |
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| (MySportsbook) - The Boston Red Sox continue their chase for the top spot in the American League East with tonight's opener of a three-game series with the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park. Boston has won five of its last seven games but has actually lost ground in the division race to front-running Tampa Bay, which posted its fifth straight victory on Sunday. The Red Sox fell to 5 1/2 games behind the Rays after dropping a 4-2 decision to Chicago yesterday afternoon. The White Sox reached Tim Wakefield (8 |
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